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BB-45 Colorado
United States Navy battleship
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Maryland 1919/05/29
New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.
1921/03/22 1923/08/30 1959/07/23
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 41-42/03: Ms 1, 42/03-43: Ms 21, 44: Ms 32/16d, 45: Ms 21
WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12 43/03/31   BatForPac/Bat/BatDiv4 PSNY - overhaul   66  114 
42/04/ 42/08     West coast training   66 
42/08/14 42/11     patro: off Oahu   66 
42/11 43/09/     Fiji Is & New Hebrides area   66 
43/03/10 43/03/15     Efate   81 
43/03/30 43/04/06     Efate   88 
43/04/14 43/05/06     Efate   88 
43/05/08 43/05/21     Efate   88 
43/05/28 43/06/27     Efate   88 
43/07/17       departed Efate   88 
43/08/02 43/08/04   36.3 tactical exercises with TG 36.2 out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/05 43/08/18     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/19 43/08/20     esp. Santo   88 
43/08/20 43/08/21     out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/21 43/08/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/30 43/09/02?   37 tactical exercises with TF 38 and TF 39 out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/09       Noumea  
43/09/04 43/09/07     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/21 43/12/07 Galvan 53.4.3     66 
43/12/14 43/12/20     sail from P.H. to San Francisco with Maryland and Tennessee   66 
43/12/20 44/01     San Francisco - overhaul   66 
44/01/22 44/02/23 Flint 53.5     66 
44/02/15 44/02/28 Catch 51.17    
44/03       Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - overhaul   66 
44/04/16       run aground on Kuia Shoal, Kahoolawe, Hawaii   85 
44/05/05 44/05/10     sail from San Francisco to P.H.   66 
44/05/16       damaged - run aground on pinnacle off Kahoolawe, Hawaii   85 
44/05/29 44/07 Forage 52.17/FSU4    
44/07 44/08/03 Forage 53.5     66 
44/07/24   Forage 53.5 damage(coast battery - 22 hits) 43 KIA, 97 WIA (15-02N, 145-50E)   66  86 
44/08 44/11     PSNY - overhaul, refit  
44/08/07 44/08/07     Eniwetok   88 
44/10/10       San Pedro, California   66 
44/11/20   King2 77.2     66 
44/11/27   King2 77.2 damage(kami) in Leyte Gulf (10-50N, 125-25E) - 19 KIA, 72 WIA   66  85 
44/12/12 44/12/17 Love3 77.12.1 land Mindoro   66 
44/12/20? 44/12/30?     Manus Is - emergency repairs   66 
44/12/30   Mike1 77.2.2    
45/01/09   Mike1 77.2.2 damage(coast battery) (16-08N, 120-10E) - 18 KIA, 51 WIA   66 
45/03/05 45/05/22 Iceber 54.1/FSU2    
45/04/20   Iceber 54.5 damage(ammo detonation) at Kerama Retto (26-10N, 127-20)   85 
45/05/22 45/05/2?     sail from Okinawa to Leyte with Bebas and England   128 
45/05/26? 45/08/04?     San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
45/08/06 45/08/27     Okinawa area   66 
45/08/27       cover Acugi Airfield, Tokio area landing   66 
45/08/27 45/09/20     Tokio Bay   66 
45/09/02       Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony   81  66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1947/01/07 decom.
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 7 Battle Stars
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